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New Delhi, June 12: Minister of State for Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises and Parliamentary Affairs, Sh. Arjun Ram Meghwal, reviewed the performance and the future readiness of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited during a visit to the company’s Corporate Office

Auckland, June 12 Auckland city council voted to recognize the urgency for action on climate change by declaring a climate emergency on Wednesday. “By unanimously voting to declare a climate emergency we are signaling the council’s intention to put climate

London, June 12 Consumption-based emissions from nearly 100 of the world’s big cities already represent 10 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, a new study said on Wednesday. Without urgent action, those emissions will nearly double by 2050. The

Washington, June 12 US President Donald Trump will meet with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda on Wednesday to highlight the deepening of the military-to-military relationship between the two sides, the White House has said. Warsaw confirmed on Monday that negotiations

Tokyo, June 12 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe departed Tokyo on Wednesday for a two-day trip to Iran, during which he will try to help diffuse rising tensions in the Persian Gulf between Washington and Tehran. Prior to the Japanese

Chennai/New Delhi, June 12 The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday carried out search operations in seven places in Coimbatore, including the residence of a social media friend of the Sri Lanka easter blast mastermind, officials said. The searches were

New Delhi, June 12 With the Twitter accounts of megastar Amitabh Bachchan and singer Adnan Sami getting hacked, security researchers have warned that users should think twice before clicking on the links received in the Twitter Direct Message (DMs). While

Washington, June 12 For a country like India, the hope lies in a visionary leader like Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is aiming to create a Cloud-first approach towards skilling and digital transformation, thus empowering over a billion people, says

New Delhi, June 12 Delhi electricity distribution company BSES on Tuesday unveiled its first public electric vehicle (EV) charging station as part of its plan to set up over 150 EV charging stations across its licensed area in the capital.

New Delhi, June 12 Ahead of the Union Budget, the all-powerful GST Council will meet on June 20 and discuss the proposal to fix Rs 50 crore as the turnover threshold for entities to generate e-invoices on a centralised portal

Bhubaneswar, June 12 In a major relief to power consumers, the Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) on Tuesday announced that there would be no power tariff hike during the 2019-20 financial year. “Retail tariff for financial year 2019-20 remains unchanged

Washington, June 12 US President Donald Trump said that he had received a “beautiful” letter from North Korea’s top leader Kim Jong Un. Trump told the press before departing the White House for Iowa that he received a “very warm”

Srinagar, June 12 One militant was killed in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sopore town on Wednesday. Police said security forces, after specific inputs about presence of militants, started a cordon and search operation yesterday

New Delhi, June 12 The Mann ki Baat radio programme of Prime Minister Narendra Modi wll resume on June 30 after it was discontinued during the Lok Sabha elections in which he was a candidate. “Mann Ki Baat is back

New Delhi, June 12 Union Minister for Human Resources and Development (HRD) Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Tuesday directed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to fill the vacancies to increase quality and efficiency. Stressing that it is government’s duty

New Delhi, June 12 As a step towards empowerment of minorities, the government will provide 5 crore scholarships over the next five years, 50 per cent of which will be for girl students, Minorities Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said

New Delhi, June 12 Senior IAS officers Nripendra Misra and P.K. Mishra have been given extension as Principal Secretary and Additional Principal Secretary, respectively, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi with effect from May 31. The two have also been assigned

New Delhi, June 12 Food and Public Distribution Ministry on Tuesday increased the limit on the import of arhar (pigeon pea) from current two lakh tonnes to four lakh tonnes to keep the retails prices in control, which touched Rs

New Delhi, June 12 India may have experienced worst-ever summer this year as temperature levels in several cities in the country remained in the severe category for long periods. The national capital saw mercury being over 45 degree Celsius for